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I'm a big Adam Curtis fan, but I was pretty disappointed by this one. The first 5 parts are pretty much the exact same content as his older films - he uses all the same music and even a lot of the same interviews - and some of it seems like he's creating a parody of his own films.

That said, I liked part 6, but I think it should have been released by itself.

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Most of the way throught the first episode... I swear we're watching a different series.

Hasn't been a single repeated interview yet.

A lot of the archive footage is different, although yes some of it is repeated.

The music is decidedly Curtis. Yes, Pye corner audio; worriedaboutsatan; nine inch nails and burial etc feature heavily.

But this is the first time he's used an Apex twin track. Plenty of other new bits as well.

There are a few recycled interviews from The Living Dead in ep 2 for sure.

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